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title: "Reminder, your phone is constantly tracking you."
date: 2025-10-30
source: twitter
tweet_id: "1983943653375799605"
original_url: "https://x.com/i/web/status/1983943653375799605"
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# Reminder, your phone is constantly tracking you.

*October 30, 2025 · Twitter/X*

Reminder, your phone is constantly tracking you.\
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\"Remember COVID contact tracing? In April 2020, Apple and Google announced a "privacy-preserving" partnership to help track virus exposure. The system was supposed to be:\
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• Voluntary (you had to opt in)\
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• Temporary (only...

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